Horseshoe



F. B. 6; F. GROFF.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 9,1913.

1. 1 95m PatehtedAug. 22,1916.

ornron FLOYD B. GEOFF AND FAYETTE GEOFF, OF ST. JOI-INSVILLE, NEW YORK.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed June 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FLOYD B. Gnorr and FAYETTE Gnorr, citizens of theUnited States, residing at St. J ohnsville, in the county of Montgomeryand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to new and useful improvements in horseshoes and especially to detachable calks thereof.

The main object of the invention is to produce a horse shoe that may beutilized or employed in both good and bad weather, by the non-use oremployment of detachable calks.

A further object of our invention is to produce a shoe that will saveexpense to the owner, in that it is unnecessary to reshoe a horse, usingour improved shoes, at the change of seasons, as is now generally thecustom.

A further object of our invention is to produce a. shoe that willprevent undue injury to a horses hoofs, due to reshoeing them too often,made necessary by the employment of the old style of shoes now in use.

The invention therefore consists of certain structural features relatingmore especially to the heel and toe calks and their combination andarrangement with the shoe, substantially as hereinafter fully disclosedand defined by the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated the preferred embodiment ofour invention wherein it will be understood that various changes andmodifications may be made as to the detailed construction andarrangements of the parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention and in which drawing Figure 1, is an inverted plan view of ourhorse shoe. Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmental sectional views showing atoe-call: and heelcalk, respectively. Figs. l and 5 are separate ordetached perspective views of a toe-calk and a heel-calk, respectively.Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a modification of the calks.

In carrying out our invention, we equip the horse-shoe 1, withdetachable or removable heel and toe calks, the toe call: beingdesignated as 2, and the heel calks as 3, these Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Serial No. 772,608.

calks each being provided at the upper or attaching end with a pluralityof steps, as l and P, the intermediate step d having also upwardly andoutwardly flared longitudinal or forward and rearward walls as at 45said intermediate step being dovetailed in general outline, to guardagainst vertical displacement or detachment. The shoe 1 is provided withsockets or recesseso in its lower surface, of conforming outline withthat of the upper ends of the calks, said sockets or recesses of coursebeing designed to receive said calk upper ends and opening laterally forthe suitable insertion or attachment of the calks to the horse shoe, thelateral entrances for the toe-calks being designated as 5.

Th central top or uppermost step 4: of each calk, which has right linedlateral and top walls, serves to centralize the positioning of the calkswithin their sockets, said top-step it will also be observed is of suchcross-section that as it is hammered or driven endwise into position inits receiving groove it will serve as a key by exerting downwardpressure upon and thus wedging the other steps of the calk into lockeddown position in their receiving sockets.

This form or construction of calk, it is ap parent, is readilydisplaceable, thus providing for the detachment or-removal of the calkswhen the use of the same may not be required or necessary. Also thecalks are readily or quickly applied to the horse-shoe when required foruse, as in sleety or icy weather, all being effected without the use ofadditional or separate fastening, or resorting to the services of ablacksmith.

In the modification as suggested by Fig. 6, is shown a form of calk, as7 itself employing a removable central step-forming member 8 insertedwithin a central orifice, or between half-calk-forming members orsections and adapted by reason of its outline to bind against theopposed walls of said sectional-calk-members, and whereby themanufacture or making of the calks is thought to be expedited, saidcalks being capable of being produced of scrap or waste pieces of metal.

What we claim is:

A horse-shoe equipped with heel and toe calks, said calks having steppedformations at their upper ends, said stepped formations, each forming adovetailed tenon,itse1f In testimony whereof We afiiX our signacXtendedinto a relatively reduced rectangn- Lures in presence 01": tWoWitnesses.

lar top step, said horse-shoe being provided FLOYD B GPOFF withcorresponding sockets for. the reception FAYETTE E of said dovetailedtenons and their rectangular extensions or steps, said top steps beingWitnesses:

adapted to be driven into place and provid- L. BERKMAN, ing for theretention of said calks in place. A. E. S'roRMs.

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